Beijing Ancient Literature Research On Bamboo Forest Temple’s Secret On Women’s Diseases

Bamboo Forest Temple’s Secret on Women’s Diseases began in the Jin dynasty and flourished in Song dynasty, which has a history of more than 1500 years. According to historical records, there are 110 generations and more than 130 ancient medical literatures written by them. Today, the literatures are stored up in libraries all over the country (except Tibet), including Shanghai, Beijing, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other places. In addition, they also have many editions, such as block-printed, stereotype, codex, and so on. With comparison and analysis, we found out that Beijing is the best place for the research on Bamboo Forest Temple’s Secret on Women’s Diseases, because its quantity is the most, its edition is the most comprehensive, and its content is the most abundant. Given this, we chose Bamboo Forest Temple’s Secret on Women’s Diseases collected in Beijing as our study object.This research is about relative contents of Bamboo Forest Temple’s Secret on Women’s Diseases collected in Beijing, the aim is to reflect basic overviews and academic characteristics of Bamboo Forest Temple’s Secret on Women’s Diseases collected in Beijing, further mapping the academic value of Bamboo Forest Temple’s Secret on Women’s Diseases across the country, finally, highlight the clinical value and significance of Bamboo Forest Temple’s Secret on Women’s Diseases.In practical terms, this thesis is based on Complete Bibliography of Chinese Medicine Classic, the writer has investigated more than 10 libraries which has almost covered all of the Beijing area to gather and collate informations about Bamboo Forest Temple’s Secret on Women’s Diseases. Through the contrast research, we has elected four books whose publication time are earlier as our basic study object, they are, in order, Ningkun Miji, Taichan Xinshu, Zhulin Sinv Kezheng Zhi and Nvke Mifang.This thesis is divided into seven parts. The first part is about the edition of Bamboo Forest Temple’s Secret on Women’s Diseases. There are five editions, including block-printed, codex, lithography, photostat copy and stereotype. Further to say, according to the research on the preface and afterward, we draw a conclusion that they are versions of the re-publication, not original editions.The second part can be divided into three steps. Firstly, fully collated the ancient Chinese medical books; secondly, wrote informative abstract for every book; finally, made comparison and analysis of every book’s edition and content. Through these procedures, we can see if there exists academic inheritance relationship among them so that it can provide full preparation for the following study.The third part is research on the contents of Bamboo Forest Temple’s Secret on Women’s Diseases. It can be divided into four parts, they are leukorrheal diseases, menstrual diseases, gestational diseases and puerperal diseases. We sort out every disease from four aspects:theory, method, formula and herbs. Respectively, the general therapeutic principles of leukorrheal diseases is invigorating spleen for eliminating dampness with the assistance of elevating the spleen-qi; at the same time, strengthening vital qi to eliminate pathogenic factor is also very important. As for the treatment of menstrual diseases, they make good use of siwu decoction, for they add and subtract the application on the basis of siwu decoction; on the other side, the medicine they use is mainly based on tonifying qi and nourishing blood, but fierce medicine for activating blood circulation is rarely used. The gestational diseases article is reaesrch on gestational diseases’ etiology and pathogenesis, pulse diagnosis, external therapy and fetus nurture. The method of administration of puerperal diseases article is distinctive, they combine treatment method of taking TCM by mouth with plaster therapy so that they can have an effect of a two-pronged approach.The fourth part is research on the indication and processing method of Chinese medicine. Take Angelica Dahurica as an example. We spread out discussion mainly from three indications of Angelica Dahurica, they are inducing resuscitation with herbal aromatics, dispelling wind and arresting itching, eliminating cold to kill pain. As for Cyperi Rhizoma, there are many different kinds of processing methods, such as urine of boys under twelve processing, wine processing, vinegar-porcess, brine processing. Through different processing methods, Cyperi Rhizoma’s nature and flavour and channel tropism has been changed, the indication and therapeutic window had been expanded, too.The five part is that we focus on a special formula whose name is "Mizhi Taihe pills". Although it consists of 23 herbs, but it can be broken up into many different small new prescriptions, this is the remarkable feature of "Mizhi Taihe pills". After the writer’s comprehensive analysis and research, a simple and practical song has been prepared to the convenience of reciting.The sixth part is comparative study on metrorrhagia and metrostaxis between Bamboo Forest Temple’s Secret on Women’s Diseases and Fu Qingzhu’s Obstetrics and Gynecology. By studying the theory, method, formula and herbs of metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, we found out that there are lots of differences, including narrative form, viscera syndrome differentiation, dosage form and method of administration. But there are also many similarities. First, they both do not take the application of tongue diagnosis and pulse diagnosis, instead they are mainly dominated by inquiry. Second, they both attach great importance to the liver, spleen and kidney, and emphasize on the nursing of spleen and stomach, qi and blood. Third, they both use drugs which are common and have sexual flavour, and they rarely use rare and exotic products.The last part is conclusion. On one hand, we sumed up naming characteristics, the distribution and type of the ancient books and inscribing time of Bamboo Forest Temple’s Secret on Women’s Diseases collected in Beijing, and then we wrote informative abstract for every book around its roll paper structure, edition and content. On the other hand, through the analysis of exploration of leukorrheal diseases, menstrual diseases, gestational diseases and puerperal diseases, we summarized that Bamboo Forest Temple’s Secret on Women’s Diseases pay more attention to the aftercare of qi and blood, and is mainly based on nourishing spleen and stomach, especially remain flexible in the use of siwu decoction. In the meantime, we still put forward the research deficiencies of Bamboo Forest Temple’s Secret on Women’s Diseases, too.